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Rich Horton, ed.
Space Opera.
Prime. 2014

Space Opera spans a vast range of epic interstellar adventure stories told against a limitless cosmos filled with exotic aliens, heroic characters, and incredible settings. A truly stellar compilation of tales from one of the defining streams of science fiction, old and new, written by a supernova of genre talent.

Contents

• Greg Egan. Glory. 2007
• Alastair Reynolds. Hideaway. 2000
• Yoon Ha Lee. The Knight of Chains, the Deuce of Stars. 2013
• James Patrick Kelly. The Wreck of the Godspeed. 2004
• Gwyneth Jones. Saving Tiamaat. 2007
• Gareth L. Powell. Six Lights off Green Scar. 2008
• Chris Willrich. The Mote Dancer and the Firelife. 2012
• Michael Flynn. On Rickety Thistlethwaite. 2010
• Una McCormack. War Without End. 2010
• David Moles. Finisterra. 2007
• Naomi Novik. Seven Years from Home. 2010
• Kage Baker. Plotters and Shooters. 2007
• Paul Berger. The Muse of Empires Lost. 2006
• Elizabeth Bear, Sarah Monette. Boojum. 2008
• Jay Lake. Lehr, Rex. 2006
• Justina Robson. Cracklegrackle. 2009
• Ian R. MacLeod. Isabel of the Fall. 2001
• Robert Reed. Precious Mental. 2013
• Aliette de Bodard. The Two Sisters in Exile. 2012
• Lavie Tidhar. Lode Stars. 2010
• Benjanun Sriduangkaew. Silent Bridge, Pale Cascade. 2013
• Ian McDonald. The Tear. 2008